That McKenna Woman — Parris Afton Bonds

THE COWBOY AND THE LADY . . .

Marianna McKenna was used to bright lights, big cities and the glamorous life of a Hollywood star, so it came as quite a shock when she became the victim of a tragic mistake and found herself living at the Mescalero Cattle Company as a convict sentenced to work on the ranch for the next six months.

Tom Malcolm was a true cowboy, rugged and plainspoken, and he didn't have much use for hothouse flowers like Marianna McKenna. Or so he told himself, though that didn't stop the yearning in his heartor the fire in his blood.

THE MESCALERO TRILOGY--Three stories of the West and the strong-willed people who live--and love--there.